Jeremiah 2:6-8

Good News Translation

⁶ They did not care about me,
    even though I rescued them from Egypt
    and led them through the wilderness:
    a land of deserts and sand pits,
    a dry and dangerous land
    where no one lives
    and no one will even travel.
⁷ I brought them into a fertile land,
    to enjoy its harvests and its other good things.
But instead they ruined my land;
    they defiled the country I had given them.
⁸ The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’
    My own priests did not know me.
The rulers rebelled against me;
    the prophets spoke in the name of Baal
    and worshiped useless idols.